she/they
ADHD / anxiety / panic / PTSD / eczema / rosacea
former gifted kid / struggling nursing student / stream of consciousness
Avatar: bright orange slouchy knit hat, clear frame glasses, black mask, purple wired headphones, zip up black hoodie
After watching and rewatching #extraordinaryattorneywoo and contemplating the number of quirks I related to, deeply, and discovering tendencies that I did indeed express that can be considered s/s autism....
Do I really want to go down the rabbit hole and see if I do fall within the spectrum?
Can my internalized ableism handle all that?
I learned a new word today: #hyperlexia
which is when a child starts reading at an age MUCH earlier than developmentally expected (in my case, letter recognition before age 1, silent reading around age 2) -- and this is a common occurrence in folks with #autism (which we know can be comorbid with #adhd )
it's opening a door that I'm not so sure I want to walk thru again -- realizing what an utter fking waste my life has been thinking i'm something else.
So let me send that out into mastodon-world.
Do you agree with the statement that "generally unintelligent people speak without really thinking?"
(I am #ADHDer, part of my default is speaking impulsively)
oh boy... before I came home from campus, I got myself a hot coffee from Dunkin. I came home, put the coffee down. Decided I wanted a coffee, so I poured myself an iced coffee. Took a sip, put it down. Sat down to start revising my paper, needed a coffee, so put on the pot to make a hot cuppa (instant Bustelo).
While coming back to my desk with the Bustelo cup, I noticed the large hot coffee I got first. Sat down again and placed the Bustelo next to the iced.
@OutOfExile_IDR I like that. I also feel a bit guilty .. feeling like I'm always one foot in the ableist bucket and one foot in slowly recognizing my invisible disabilities are exactly that bucket.
There's a lot of ableist stuff I need to let go of or unlearn, while also learning to be kinder and more accepting of myself.
#nursingschool #medsurg #endocrine #diabetes #ADHDer
next exam is on endocrine/diabetes... I"m taking good suggestions on how a mostly tactile/visual learner could study up for this? Any tips particularly skewed towards ADHD-friendly are preferred!
Thank you in advance! (I can't write TIA anymore without reading it as "transient ischemic attack")